
Basil Sydney
Biography
Basil Sydney (23 April 1894 – 10 January 1968) was an English stage and screen actor. Sydney made his name in 1915 in the London stage hit Romance by Edward Sheldon, with Broadway star Doris Keane, and he costarred with Keane in the 1920 silent film of the play. The couple married in 1918, and when Keane revived Romance in New York City in 1921, Sydney made his Broadway debut in the parts. He stayed in New York for over a decade playing classical roles such as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (1922…
Known For
Hamlet
Claudius - The King
Around the World in 80 Days
Reform Club Member
Treasure Island
Captain Smollett
Ivanhoe
Waldemar Fitzurse
The Dam Busters
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
Went the Day Well?
Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Emperor of Lilliput
Caesar and Cleopatra
Rufio
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Filmography
Acting (50)
Movies (46)
The Hands of Orlac
1960as Maurice Seidelman
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
1960as Emperor of Lilliput
A Story of David
1960as King Saul
John Paul Jones
1959as Sir William Young
The Devil's Disciple
1959as Lawyer Hawkins
A Question of Adultery
1958as Sir John Loring
Island in the Sun
1957as Julian Fleury
Mayerling
1957as The Emperor Franz Joseph
Sea Wife
1957as Bulldog
Around the World in 80 Days
1956as Reform Club Member
The Dam Busters
1955as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
Simba
1955as Mr Crawford
Hell Below Zero
1954as Bland
Star of India
1954as King Louis XIV
Salome
1953as Pontius Pilate
Three's Company
1953as Dr. Graham
Ivanhoe
1952as Waldemar Fitzurse
The Magic Box
1952as William Fox-Talbot
Treasure Island
1950as Captain Smollett
The Angel with the Trumpet
1950as Francis Alt
Hamlet
1948as Claudius - The King
The Man Within
1947as Sir Henry Merriman
Jassy
1947as Nick Helmar
Meet Me at Dawn
1947as Georges Vermorel
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945as Rufio
The Next of Kin
1942as Naval captain
Went the Day Well?
1942as Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942as Costello
Spring Meeting
1941as James
Ships with Wings
1941as Capt. Fairfax
The Farmer's Wife
1941as Samuel Sweetland
Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing
1940as (uncredited)
The Four Just Men
1939as Frank Snell
Blind Man's Bluff
1936as Dr. Peter Fairfax
Rhodes of Africa
1936as Dr. Jim Jameson
Talk of the Devil
1936
The Amateur Gentleman
1936as Louis Chichester
Accused
1936as Eugene Roget
Crime Over London
1936as 'Joker' Finnigan
The Riverside Murder
1935as Inspector Philip Winton
The Tunnel
1935as Mostyn
Dirty Work
1934as Hugh Stafford
The Third Clue
1934as Reinhardt Conway
The Midshipmaid
1932as Cmdr. Fosberry
Red Hot Romance
1922as Rowland Stone
Romance
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